Editing Demographics of Moldova (section)

== Ethnic groups and census numbers <span class="anchor" id="Ethnic groups"></span> ==
{{For|the national identity and name of the native language of the main ethnic group in Moldova|Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova}}
{{For|minorities of Moldova|Ukrainians in Moldova|Russians in Moldova|Gagauz people in Moldova|Bulgarians in Moldova|Jews in Moldova|Poles in Moldova|Greeks in Moldova}}
[[File:Harta etnica a Rep. Moldova - 2004.jpg|thumb|Ethnic map of Moldova (2004 data)]]
[[File:Rep.Moldova - Harta Etnică (2014).png|thumb|Ethnic map of Moldova (2014 data)]]
Out of the 2,804,801 people covered by the 2014 Moldovan census, 2,754,719 gave an answer as to their ethnic affiliation. Among them, 2,068,068 or 73.7% declared themselves Moldovans and 192,800 or 6.9% [[Romanians]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=ro&idc=479&|title=// Recensămîntul populației și al locuințelor 2014|first=Biroul Naţional de|last=Statistică|website=Statistica.md|date=2 August 2013|access-date=2 August 2017|archive-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816143726/http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=ro&idc=479&|url-status=live}}</ref> Some organisations such as the [[Liberal Party (Moldova)|Liberal party of Moldova]] have criticised the census results, claiming [[Romanians]] comprise 85% of the population and that census officials have pressured respondents to declare themselves Moldovans instead of [[Romanians]] and have purposefully failed to cover urban respondents who are more likely to declared themselves [[Romanians]] as opposed to Moldovans.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://inprofunzime.protv.md/stiri/politic/partidul-liberal-despre-datele-recensamantului-din-2014-prezentate.html| title = Partidul Liberal despre datele Recensamantului din 2014, prezentate abia astazi, in 2017: "Sunt viciate si nu reflecta realitatea din Republica Moldova"| access-date = 4 November 2017| archive-date = 7 November 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010438/http://inprofunzime.protv.md/stiri/politic/partidul-liberal-despre-datele-recensamantului-din-2014-prezentate.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

At the same time, 181,035 declared themselves [[Ukrainians]], 111,726 [[Russians]], 126,010 [[Gagauz people|Gagauz]] and 51,867 [[Bulgarians]]. The proportion of [[Ukrainians]] and [[Russians]] in the area controlled by Chișinău has fallen from 8,4% to 6,5% and 5,9% to 4,0% respectively between 2004 and 2014. Meanwhile, the percentage of Gagauz has risen slightly from 4,4% in 2004 to 4,5% in 2014.<ref name="statistica.md"/>

The proportion of [[Ukrainians]] and [[Russians]] in the previous 2004 census also decreased considerably in comparison to the last Soviet census in 1989: from 13.8% to 11.2% and from 13.0% to 9.4% respectively out of the combined population including Transnistria. This is mostly due to emigration.
Of the total population that declared its ethnicity, in the 2024 census, people who declared themselves [[Moldovans|Moldovan]] and [[Romanians|Romanian]] constituted 77.2% and 7.9%, respectively. Among the ethnic minorities, 4.9% declared themselves [[Ukrainians in Moldova|Ukrainian]], 4.2% [[Gagauz people|Gagauz]], 3.2% [[Russians in Moldova|Russian]], 1.6% [[Bulgarians in Moldova|Bulgarian]], 0.4% [[Romani people in Moldova|Roma/Gypsy]] and 0.5% other ethnicities.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://statistica.gov.md/ro/rezultatele-preliminare-ale-recensamantului-populatiei-si-locuintelor-2024-10077_61626.html|title=Rezultatele preliminare ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor 2024|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]]|date=30 January 2025|language=ro}}</ref>

Of the total population that declared its ethnicity, in the 2024 census, people who declared themselves [[Moldovans|Moldovan]] and [[Romanians|Romanian]] constituted 77.2% and 7.9%, respectively. Among the ethnic minorities, 4.9% declared themselves [[Ukrainians in Moldova|Ukrainian]], 4.2% [[Gagauz people|Gagauz]], 3.2% [[Russians in Moldova|Russian]], 1.6% [[Bulgarians in Moldova|Bulgarian]], 0.4% [[Romani people in Moldova|Roma/Gypsy]] and 0.5% other ethnicities. Of the total urban population that declared its ethnicity in 2024, people who declared themselves Moldovan and Romanian constituted 70.5% and 9.7% respectively. Among the ethnic minorities, 6.1% declared themselves Ukrainian, 5.9% Russian, 4.1% Gagauz, 2.1% Bulgarian, 0.6% Roma/Gypsy and 1% other ethnicities. In Chișinău, the proportion was 72.9% Moldovans, 13.1% Romanians, 5.9% Russians, 5.1% Ukrainians, 0.8% Gagauz, 0.9% Bulgarians, 0.1% Roma/Gypsies and 1.2% other ethnicities.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://statistica.gov.md/ro/rezultatele-preliminare-ale-recensamantului-populatiei-si-locuintelor-2024-10077_61626.html|title=Rezultatele preliminare ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor 2024|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]]|date=30 January 2025|language=ro}}</ref>

Ukrainians mostly live in the east ([[Transnistria]]) and the north, while [[Russians]] mostly live in urban areas: 27% of all [[Russians]] live in [[Chișinău]], 18% live in [[Tiraspol]], 11% in [[Bender, Moldova|Bender]] and 6% in [[Bălți]].  Most of the [[Gagauz people|Gagauz]] live in the south of [[Moldova]] in the autonomous region of [[Gagauzia]].

===Total area===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Population of Moldova according to ethnic group 1959–2024
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | census 1959<sup>1</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 1970<sup>2</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 1979<sup>3</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 1989<sup>4</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 2004<sup>5</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 2014<sup>5</sup>
! colspan="2" |census 2024<sup>6</sup>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
!Number
! %
|-
| [[Moldovans]]<sup>*</sup>
| align="right" | 1,886,566
| align="right" | 65.4
| align="right" | 2,303,916
| align="right" | 64.6
| align="right" | 2,525,687
| align="right" | 63.9
| align="right" | 2,794,749
| align="right" | 64.5
| align="right" | 2,742,231
| align="right" | 69.6
| align="right" | 2,068,058
| align="right" | 75.1
|1,792,200<sup>6</sup>
|77.2
|-
| [[Romanians]]<sup>*</sup>
| align="right" | 1,663
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,581
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 1,657
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 2,477
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 73,529
| align="right" | 1.9
| align="right" |  192,800
| align="right" | 7.0
|183,500<sup>6</sup>
|7.9
|-
| [[Ukrainians]]
| align="right" | 420,820
| align="right" | 14.6
| align="right" | 506,560
| align="right" | 14.2
| align="right" | 560,679
| align="right" | 14.2
| align="right" | 600,366
| align="right" | 13.8
| align="right" | 442,475
| align="right" | 11.2
| align="right" | 181,035
| align="right" | 6.6
|114,400<sup>6</sup>
|4.9
|-
| [[Gagauzians]]
| align="right" | 95,856
| align="right" | 3.3
| align="right" | 124,902
| align="right" | 3.5
| align="right" | 138,000
| align="right" | 3.5
| align="right" | 153,548
| align="right" | 3.5
| align="right" | 151,596
| align="right" | 3.8
| align="right" |  126,010
| align="right" | 4.6
|98,200<sup>6</sup>
|4.2
|-
| [[Russians]]
| align="right" | 292,930
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 414,444
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 505,730
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" | 562,069
| align="right" | 13.0
| align="right" | 369,896
| align="right" | 9.4
| align="right" | 111,726
| align="right" | 4.1
|75,300<sup>6</sup>
|3.2
|-
| [[Bulgarians]]
| align="right" | 61,652
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 73,776
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 80,665
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 88,419
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 79,520
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 51,867
| align="right" | 1.9
|37,000<sup>6</sup>
|1.6
|-
| [[Romani people|Romani]]
| align="right" | 7,265
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 9,235
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 10,666
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 11,571
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 12,778
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 9,323
| align="right" | 0.3
|8,900<sup>6</sup>
|0.4
|-
| [[Jews]]
| align="right" | 95,104
| align="right" | 3.3
| align="right" | 98,062
| align="right" | 2.7
| align="right" | 80,124
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 65,799
| align="right" | 1.5
| align="right" | 4,867
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,601
| align="right" | <0.1
|
|
|-
| [[Polish people|Poles]]
| align="right" | 4,783
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 4,899
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 4,961
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 4,739
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 4,174
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" |1,404
| align="right" | <0.1
|
|
|-
| Others
| align="right" | 17,838
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 31,498
| align="right" | 0.9
| align="right" | 41,587
| align="right" | 1.1
| align="right" | 51,623
| align="right" | 1.2
| align="right" | 57,613
| align="right" | 1.5
| align="right" | 10,900
| align="right" | 0.5
|12,500<sup>6</sup>
|0.5
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="left" | Total
! colspan="2" | 2,884,477
! colspan="2" | 3,568,873
! colspan="2" | 3,949,756
! colspan="2" | 4,335,360
! colspan="2" | 3,938,679
! colspan="2" | 2,998,235
! colspan="2" |2,401,200
|-
| colspan="15" | <small><sup>1</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172652/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php |date=16 March 2010 }}. <sup>2</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203151519/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php |date=3 December 2009 }}. <sup>3</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324145212/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php |date=24 March 2010 }}. <sup>4</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172713/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php |date=16 March 2010 }}. <sup>5</sup> Source: [http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=ro&idc=479] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030171529/http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=ro&idc=479 |date=30 October 2017 }}[http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bcountryCode%3a498%3brefYear%3a2014%3bareaCode%3a0%3bsexCode%3a0&c=2,3,6,8,10,12,14,15,16&s=_countryEnglishNameOrderBy:asc,refYear:desc,areaCode:asc&v=1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107201607/http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode:26%3BcountryCode:498%3BrefYear:2014%3BareaCode:0%3BsexCode:0&c=2,3,6,8,10,12,14,15,16&s=_countryEnglishNameOrderBy:asc,refYear:desc,areaCode:asc&v=1 |date=7 November 2021 }} <sup>5</sup>:2004 combined censuses of the government-controlled area and Transnistria. <sup>6</sup> Source:[https://statistica.gov.md/files/files/serii_de_timp/recensamant_2024/Date_preliminare_RPL%202024_30_01_25.xlsx] <sup>6</sup>:2014 and 2024 censuses were conducted only in government-controlled area. <sup>6</sup>: Data presented is based on the enumerated usually resident population.</small><small><sup>*</sup> There is an [[Controversy over linguistic and ethnic identity in Moldova|ongoing controversy]], whether Romanians and Moldovans should be counted together.  </small>
|}

Declared country of birth for the current inhabitants of the part of Moldova under the central government control, according to the 2004 census:

{| class="wikitable"
|+
! | <small>ethnic group</small>
! colspan="5"| <small>total population</small>
! colspan="5"| <small>urban</small>
! colspan="5"| <small>rural</small>
|-
|align="right"| || align="center"|<small>total</small> || align="center"|<small>[[Moldova]]</small> || align="center"|<small>former [[USSR]]</small> || align="center"|<small>other countries</small> || align="center"|<small>non-declared</small> || align="center"|<small>total</small> || align="center"|<small>Moldova</small> || align="center"|<small>former USSR</small> || align="center"|<small>other countries</small> || align="center"|<small>non-declared</small> || align="center"|<small>total</small> || align="center"|<small>Moldova</small> || align="center"|<small>former USSR</small> || align="center"|<small>other countries</small> || align="center"|<small>non-declared</small>
|-
|colspan="17"|
|-
| <small>[[Moldovans]] and [[Romanians]]</small>|| align="right"|<small>2,638,125<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>2,604,051<br />98.71%</small> || align="right"|<small>30,360<br />1.15%</small> || align="right"|<small>3,345<br />0.13%</small> || align="right"|<small>369<br />0.01%</small> || align="right"|<small>870,445<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>848,554<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>19,501<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>2,081<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>309<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1,767,680<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>1,755,497<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>10,859<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1,264<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>60<br />%</small>
|-
| <small>[[Ukrainians]] </small>|| align="right"|<small>282,406<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>227,750<br />80.65%</small> || align="right"|<small>54,036<br />19.13%</small> || align="right"|<small>598<br />0.21%</small> || align="right"|<small>22<br />0.01%</small> || align="right"|<small>145,890<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>103,039<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>42,318<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>514<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>19<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>136,516<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small><br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>11,718<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>84<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>3<br />%</small>
|-
| <small>[[Russians]] </small>|| align="right"|<small>201,218<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>129,664<br />64.44%</small> || align="right"|<small>70,380<br />34.98%</small> || align="right"|<small>1,096<br />0.54%</small> || align="right"|<small>78<br />0.04%</small> || align="right"|<small>166,395<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>106,580<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>58,739<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1,011<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>65<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>34,823<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>23,084<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>11,641<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>85<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>13<br />%</small>
|-
| <small>[[Gagauzians]] </small>|| align="right"|<small>147,500<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>144,268<br />97.81%</small> || align="right"|<small>3,101<br />2.10%</small> || align="right"|<small>120<br />0.08%</small> || align="right"|<small>11<br />0.01%</small> || align="right"|<small>53,613<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>51,586<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1,941<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>76<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>10<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>93,887<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>92,682<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1,160<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>44<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1<br />%</small>
|-
| <small>[[Bessarabian Bulgarians|Bulgarians]]</small> || align="right"|<small>65,662<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>59,489<br />90.60%</small> || align="right"|<small>5,968<br />9.09%</small> || align="right"|<small>199<br />0.30%</small> || align="right"|<small>6<br />0.01%</small> || align="right"|<small>29,447<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>25,215<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>4,071<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>156<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>5<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>36,215<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>34,274<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1,897<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>43<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1<br />%</small>
|-
| <small>others </small>|| align="right"|<small>34,401<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>22,702<br />65.99%</small> || align="right"|<small>10,797<br />31.39%</small> || align="right"|<small>894<br />2.60%</small> || align="right"|<small>8<br />0.02%</small> || align="right"|<small>26,058<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>16,973<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>8,358<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>722<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>5<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>8,343<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>5,729<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>2,439<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>172<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>3<br />%</small>
|-
| <small>non-declared </small>|| align="right"|<small>14,020<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>13,894<br />99.10%</small> || align="right"|<small>12<br />0.09%</small> || align="right"|<small>28<br />0.20%</small> || align="right"|<small>86<br />0.61%</small> || align="right"|<small>13,807<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>13,668<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>9<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>27<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>83<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>213<br />100%</small> || align="right"|<small>206<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>3<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>1<br />%</small> || align="right"|<small>3<br />%</small>
|-
|colspan="19"|
|-
| <small>'''Total'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''3,383,332'''</small><br />'''<small>100%</small>''' || align="right"|<small>'''3,201,818'''</small><br /><small>'''94.64%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''174,654'''</small><br /><small>'''5.16%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''6,280'''</small><br /><small>'''0.19%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''580'''</small><br /><small>'''0.02%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''1,305,655'''</small><br /><small>'''100%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''1,165,635'''</small><br /><small>'''89.28%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''134,937'''</small><br /><small>'''10.33%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''4,587'''</small><br /><small>'''0.35%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''496'''</small><br /><small>'''0.04%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''2,077,677'''</small><br /><small>'''100%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''2,036,183'''</small><br /><small>'''98.00%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''39,717'''</small><br /><small>'''1.91%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''1,693'''</small><br /><small>'''0.08%'''</small> || align="right"|<small>'''84'''</small><br /><small>'''0.004%'''</small>
|-
|}

Population by district, according to the 2004 census:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
!  !! <small>Population</small> !! <small>[[Moldovans]]</small><sup>'''1'''</sup> !! <small>[[Ukrainians]]</small> !! <small>[[Russians]]</small> !! <small>[[Gagauzians]]</small> !! <small>[[Bulgarians]]</small> !! <small>[[Romanians]]</small><sup>'''1'''</sup> !! <small>Jews</small> !! <small>[[Polish people|Poles]]</small> !! <small>[[Romani people|Gypsies]]</small> !! <small>others</small>
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Chișinău]] || align="right" | 712,218|| align="right" | '''481,626'''
:'''{{smaller|67.62%}}'''
| align="right" | 58,945
:{{smaller|8.28%}}
| align="right" | 99,149
:{{smaller|13.92%}}
| align="right" | 6,446
:{{smaller|0.91%}}
| align="right" | 8,868
:{{smaller|1.25%}}
| align="right" | 31,984
:{{smaller|4.49%}}
| align="right" | 2,649
:{{smaller|0.37%}}
| align="right" | 834
:{{smaller|0.12%}}
| align="right" | 507
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 21,210
:{{smaller|2.98%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Bălți]] || align="right" | 127,561|| align="right" | '''66,877'''
:'''{{smaller|52.43%}}'''
| align="right" | 30,288
:{{smaller|23.74%}}
| align="right" | 24,526
:{{smaller|19.23%}}
| align="right" | 243
:{{smaller|0.19%}}
| align="right" | 297
:{{smaller|0.23%}}
| align="right" | 2,258
:{{smaller|1.77%}}
| align="right" | 411
:{{smaller|0.32%}}
| align="right" | 862
:{{smaller|0.68%}}
| align="right" | 272
:{{smaller|0.21%}}
| align="right" | 1,527
:{{smaller|1.20%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Gagauzia]] || align="right" | 155,646|| align="right" | 7,481
:{{smaller|4.81%}}
| align="right" | 4,919
:{{smaller|3.16%}}
| align="right" | 5,941
:{{smaller|3.82%}}
| align="right" | '''127,835'''
:'''{{smaller|82.13%}}'''
| align="right" | 8,013
:{{smaller|5.15%}}
| align="right" | 38
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 17
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 28
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 486
:{{smaller|0.31%}}
| align="right" | 888
:{{smaller|0.57%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Anenii Noi District|Anenii Noi]] || align="right" | 81,710|| align="right" | '''68,761'''
:'''{{smaller|84.15%}}'''
| align="right" | 6,526
:{{smaller|7.99%}}
| align="right" | 4,135
:{{smaller|5.06%}}
| align="right" | 235
:{{smaller|0.29%}}
| align="right" | 481
:{{smaller|0.59%}}
| align="right" | 857
:{{smaller|1.05%}}
| align="right" | 17
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 28
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 228
:{{smaller|0.28%}}
| align="right" | 442
:{{smaller|0.54%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Basarabeasca District|Basarabeasca]] || align="right" | 28,978|| align="right" | '''20,218'''
:'''{{smaller|69.77%}}'''
| align="right" | 1,948
:{{smaller|6.72%}}
| align="right" | 2,568
:{{smaller|8.86%}}
| align="right" | 2,220
:{{smaller|7.66%}}
| align="right" | 1,544
:{{smaller|5.33%}}
| align="right" | 70
:{{smaller|0.24%}}
| align="right" | 13
:{{smaller|0.04%}}
| align="right" | 5
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 216
:{{smaller|0.75%}}
| align="right" | 176
:{{smaller|0.61%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Briceni District|Briceni]] || align="right" | 78,027|| align="right" | '''55,123'''
:'''{{smaller|70.65%}}'''
| align="right" | 19,939
:{{smaller|25.55%}}
| align="right" | 2,061
:{{smaller|2.64%}}
| align="right" | 59
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 45
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 314
:{{smaller|0.40%}}
| align="right" | 84
:{{smaller|0.11%}}
| align="right" | 10
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 187
:{{smaller|0.24%}}
| align="right" | 205
:{{smaller|0.26%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Cahul District|Cahul]] || align="right" | 119,231|| align="right" | '''91,001'''
:'''{{smaller|76.32%}}'''
| align="right" | 7,842
:{{smaller|6.58%}}
| align="right" | 7,702
:{{smaller|6.46%}}
| align="right" | 3,665
:{{smaller|3.07%}}
| align="right" | 5,816
:{{smaller|4.88%}}
| align="right" | 2,095
:{{smaller|1.76%}}
| align="right" | 40
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 29
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 238
:{{smaller|0.20%}}
| align="right" | 803
:{{smaller|0.67%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Cantemir District|Cantemir]] || align="right" | 60,001|| align="right" | '''52,986'''
:'''{{smaller|88.31%}}'''
| align="right" | 969
:{{smaller|1.61%}}
| align="right" | 710
:{{smaller|1.18%}}
| align="right" | 519
:{{smaller|0.86%}}
| align="right" | 3,736
:{{smaller|6.23%}}
| align="right" | 910
:{{smaller|1.52%}}
| align="right" | –
:{{smaller|0%}}
| align="right" | 11
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 43
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 117
:{{smaller|0.19%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Călărași District|Călărași]] || align="right" | 75,075|| align="right" | '''69,190'''
:'''{{smaller|92.16%}}'''
| align="right" | 2,799
:{{smaller|3.73%}}
| align="right" | 947
:{{smaller|1.26%}}
| align="right" | 54
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 47
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 1,490
:{{smaller|1.98%}}
| align="right" | 21
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 11
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 378
:{{smaller|0.50%}}
| align="right" | 138
:{{smaller|0.18%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Căușeni District|Căușeni]] || align="right" | 90,612|| align="right" | '''79,432'''
:'''{{smaller|87.66%}}'''
| align="right" | 2,469
:{{smaller|2.72%}}
| align="right" | 3,839
:{{smaller|4.24%}}
| align="right" | 653
:{{smaller|0.72%}}
| align="right" | 1,108
:{{smaller|1.22%}}
| align="right" | 2,844
:{{smaller|3.14%}}
| align="right" | 8
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 9
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 30
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 220
:{{smaller|0.24%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Cimișlia District|Cimișlia]] || align="right" | 60,925|| align="right" | '''52,972'''
:'''{{smaller|86.95%}}'''
| align="right" | 3,376
:{{smaller|5.54%}}
| align="right" | 2,371
:{{smaller|3.89%}}
| align="right" | 278
:{{smaller|0.46%}}
| align="right" | 1,341
:{{smaller|2.20%}}
| align="right" | 331
:{{smaller|0.54%}}
| align="right" | 7
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 10
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 95
:{{smaller|0.16%}}
| align="right" | 144
:{{smaller|0.24%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Criuleni District|Criuleni]] || align="right" | 72,254|| align="right" | '''67,046'''
:'''{{smaller|92.79%}}'''
| align="right" | 2,692
:{{smaller|3.73%}}
| align="right" | 1,008
:{{smaller|1.40%}}
| align="right" | 49
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 72
:{{smaller|0.10%}}
| align="right" | 1,170
:{{smaller|1.62%}}
| align="right" | 6
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 6
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 36
:{{smaller|0.05%}}
| align="right" | 169
:{{smaller|0.23%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Dondușeni District|Dondușeni]] || align="right" | 46,442|| align="right" | '''37,302'''
:'''{{smaller|80.32%}}'''
| align="right" | 5,893
:{{smaller|12.69%}}
| align="right" | 2,714
:{{smaller|5.84%}}
| align="right" | 31
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 36
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 247
:{{smaller|0.53%}}
| align="right" | 12
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 15
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 68
:{{smaller|0.15%}}
| align="right" | 124
:{{smaller|0.27%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Drochia District|Drochia]] || align="right" | 87,092|| align="right" | '''74,369'''
:'''{{smaller|85.39%}}'''
| align="right" | 9,849
:{{smaller|11.31%}}
| align="right" | 1,641
:{{smaller|1.88%}}
| align="right" | 44
:{{smaller|0.05%}}
| align="right" | 33
:{{smaller|0.04%}}
| align="right" | 675
:{{smaller|0.78%}}
| align="right" | 14
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 10
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 272
:{{smaller|0.31%}}
| align="right" | 185
:{{smaller|0.21%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Dubăsari District|Dubăsari]] || align="right" | 34,015|| align="right" | '''32,652'''
:'''{{smaller|95.99%}}'''
| align="right" | 521
:{{smaller|1.53%}}
| align="right" | 611
:{{smaller|1.80%}}
| align="right" | 45
:{{smaller|0.13%}}
| align="right" | 16
:{{smaller|0.05%}}
| align="right" | 102
:{{smaller|0.30%}}
| align="right" | 9
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 2
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | –
:{{smaller|0%}}
| align="right" | 57
:{{smaller|0.17%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Edineț District|Edineț]] || align="right" | 81,390|| align="right" | '''58,749'''
:'''{{smaller|72.18%}}'''
| align="right" | 16,084
:{{smaller|19.76%}}
| align="right" | 5,084
:{{smaller|6.25%}}
| align="right" | 143
:{{smaller|0.18%}}
| align="right" | 91
:{{smaller|0.11%}}
| align="right" | 446
:{{smaller|0.55%}}
| align="right" | 23
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 26
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 499
:{{smaller|0.61%}}
| align="right" | 245
:{{smaller|0.30%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Fălești District|Fălești]] || align="right" | 90,320|| align="right" | '''75,863'''
:'''{{smaller|83.99%}}'''
| align="right" | 10,711
:{{smaller|11.86%}}
| align="right" | 3,064
:{{smaller|3.39%}}
| align="right" | 39
:{{smaller|0.04%}}
| align="right" | 32
:{{smaller|0.04%}}
| align="right" | 306
:{{smaller|0.34%}}
| align="right" | 6
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 20
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 57
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 222
:{{smaller|0.25%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Florești District|Florești]] || align="right" | 89,389|| align="right" | '''75,797'''
:'''{{smaller|84.79%}}'''
| align="right" | 8,023
:{{smaller|8.98%}}
| align="right" | 4,633
:{{smaller|5.18%}}
| align="right" | 45
:{{smaller|0.05%}}
| align="right" | 51
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 433
:{{smaller|0.48%}}
| align="right" | 19
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 29
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 120
:{{smaller|0.13%}}
| align="right" | 239
:{{smaller|0.27%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Glodeni District|Glodeni]] || align="right" | 60,975|| align="right" | '''46,317'''
:'''{{smaller|75.96%}}'''
| align="right" | 11,918
:{{smaller|19.55%}}
| align="right" | 1,693
:{{smaller|2.78%}}
| align="right" | 32
:{{smaller|0.05%}}
| align="right" | 44
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 329
:{{smaller|0.54%}}
| align="right" | 8
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 174
:{{smaller|0.29%}}
| align="right" | 303
:{{smaller|0.50%}}
| align="right" | 157
:{{smaller|0.26%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Hîncești District|Hîncești]] || align="right" | 119,762|| align="right" | '''108,189'''
:'''{{smaller|90.34%}}'''
| align="right" | 6,218
:{{smaller|5.19%}}
| align="right" | 1,463
:{{smaller|1.22%}}
| align="right" | 99
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 212
:{{smaller|0.18%}}
| align="right" | 3,046
:{{smaller|2.54%}}
| align="right" | 19
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 16
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 305
:{{smaller|0.25%}}
| align="right" | 195
:{{smaller|0.16%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Ialoveni District|Ialoveni]] || align="right" | 97,704|| align="right" | '''91,379'''
:'''{{smaller|93.53%}}'''
| align="right" | 1,117
:{{smaller|1.14%}}
| align="right" | 1,112
:{{smaller|1.14%}}
| align="right" | 95
:{{smaller|0.10%}}
| align="right" | 935
:{{smaller|0.96%}}
| align="right" | 2,608
:{{smaller|2.67%}}
| align="right" | 5
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 12
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 197
:{{smaller|0.20%}}
| align="right" | 244
:{{smaller|0.25%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Leova District|Leova]] || align="right" | 51,056|| align="right" | '''43,673'''
:'''{{smaller|85.54%}}'''
| align="right" | 1,245
:{{smaller|2.44%}}
| align="right" | 1,167
:{{smaller|2.29%}}
| align="right" | 432
:{{smaller|0.85%}}
| align="right" | 3,804
:{{smaller|7.45%}}
| align="right" | 471
:{{smaller|0.92%}}
| align="right" | 8
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 9
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 105
:{{smaller|0.21%}}
| align="right" | 142
:{{smaller|0.28%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Nisporeni District|Nisporeni]] || align="right" | 64,924|| align="right" | '''60,774'''
:'''{{smaller|93.61%}}'''
| align="right" | 223
:{{smaller|0.34%}}
| align="right" | 339
:{{smaller|0.52%}}
| align="right" | 17
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 28
:{{smaller|0.04%}}
| align="right" | 2,329
:{{smaller|3.59%}}
| align="right" | 1
:{{smaller|<0.01%}}
| align="right" | 4
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 1,147
:{{smaller|1.77%}}
| align="right" | 62
:{{smaller|0.10%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Ocnița District|Ocnița]] || align="right" | 56,510|| align="right" | '''32,491'''
:'''{{smaller|57.50%}}'''
| align="right" | 17,351
:{{smaller|30.70%}}
| align="right" | 2,764
:{{smaller|4.89%}}
| align="right" | 79
:{{smaller|0.14%}}
| align="right" | 60
:{{smaller|0.11%}}
| align="right" | 104
:{{smaller|0.18%}}
| align="right" | 14
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 43
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 3,417
:{{smaller|6.05%}}
| align="right" | 187
:{{smaller|0.33%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Orhei District|Orhei]] || align="right" | 116,271|| align="right" | '''100,469'''
:'''{{smaller|86.41%}}'''
| align="right" | 4,520
:{{smaller|3.89%}}
| align="right" | 2,216
:{{smaller|1.91%}}
| align="right" | 113
:{{smaller|0.10%}}
| align="right" | 90
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 8,253
:{{smaller|7.10%}}
| align="right" | 46
:{{smaller|0.04%}}
| align="right" | 23
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 221
:{{smaller|0.19%}}
| align="right" | 320
:{{smaller|0.28%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Rezina District|Rezina]] || align="right" | 48,105|| align="right" | '''44,721'''
:'''{{smaller|92.97%}}'''
| align="right" | 1,691
:{{smaller|3.52%}}
| align="right" | 1,093
:{{smaller|2.27%}}
| align="right" | 34
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 40
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 375
:{{smaller|0.78%}}
| align="right" | 30
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 5
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 13
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 103
:{{smaller|0.21%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Rîșcani District|Rîșcani]] || align="right" | 69,454|| align="right" | '''50,391'''
:'''{{smaller|72.55%}}'''
| align="right" | 15,632
:{{smaller|22.51%}}
| align="right" | 1,726
:{{smaller|2.49%}}
| align="right" | 60
:{{smaller|0.09%}}
| align="right" | 61
:{{smaller|0.09%}}
| align="right" | 777
:{{smaller|1.12%}}
| align="right" | 8
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 42
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 602
:{{smaller|0.87%}}
| align="right" | 155
:{{smaller|0.22%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Sîngerei District|Sîngerei]] || align="right" | 87,153|| align="right" | '''74,139'''
:'''{{smaller|85.07%}}'''
| align="right" | 8,456
:{{smaller|9.70%}}
| align="right" | 3,029
:{{smaller|3.48%}}
| align="right" | 47
:{{smaller|0.05%}}
| align="right" | 43
:{{smaller|0.05%}}
| align="right" | 1,162
:{{smaller|1.33%}}
| align="right" | 10
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 48
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 56
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 163
:{{smaller|0.19%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Soroca District|Soroca]] || align="right" | 94,986|| align="right" | '''84,728'''
:'''{{smaller|89.20%}}'''
| align="right" | 4,752
:{{smaller|5%}}
| align="right" | 2,601
:{{smaller|2.74%}}
| align="right" | 53
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 48
:{{smaller|0.05%}}
| align="right" | 931
:{{smaller|0.98%}}
| align="right" | 65
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 17
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 1,564
:{{smaller|1.65%}}
| align="right" | 227
:{{smaller|0.24%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Strășeni District|Strășeni]] || align="right" | 88,900|| align="right" | '''83,368'''
:'''{{smaller|93.78%}}'''
| align="right" | 985
:{{smaller|1.11%}}
| align="right" | 1,576
:{{smaller|1.77%}}
| align="right" | 70
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 109
:{{smaller|0.12%}}
| align="right" | 2,542
:{{smaller|2.86%}}
| align="right" | 13
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 14
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 24
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 199
:{{smaller|0.22%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Șoldănești District|Șoldănești]] || align="right" | 42,227|| align="right" | '''40,354'''
:'''{{smaller|95.56%}}'''
| align="right" | 1,055
:{{smaller|2.50%}}
| align="right" | 376
:{{smaller|0.89%}}
| align="right" | 9
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 14
:{{smaller|0.03%}}
| align="right" | 299
:{{smaller|0.71%}}
| align="right" | 2
:{{smaller|<0.01%}}
| align="right" | -
:{{smaller|0%}}
| align="right" | 74
:{{smaller|0.18%}}
| align="right" | 44
:{{smaller|0.10%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Ștefan Vodă District|Ștefan Vodă]] || align="right" | 70,594|| align="right" | '''65,318'''
:'''{{smaller|92.53%}}'''
| align="right" | 2,182
:{{smaller|3.09%}}
| align="right" | 1,918
:{{smaller|2.72%}}
| align="right" | 64
:{{smaller|0.09%}}
| align="right" | 145
:{{smaller|0.21%}}
| align="right" | 562
:{{smaller|0.80%}}
| align="right" | 1
:{{smaller|<0.01%}}
| align="right" | 4
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 219
:{{smaller|0.31%}}
| align="right" | 181
:{{smaller|0.26%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Taraclia District|Taraclia]] || align="right" | 43,154|| align="right" | 5,980
:{{smaller|13.86%}}
| align="right" | 2,646
:{{smaller|6.13%}}
| align="right" | 2,139
:{{smaller|4.96%}}
| align="right" | 3,587
:{{smaller|8.31%}}
| align="right" | '''28,293'''
:'''{{smaller|65.56%}}'''
| align="right" | 29
:{{smaller|0.07%}}
| align="right" | 2
:{{smaller|<0.01%}}
| align="right" | 9
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 218
:{{smaller|0.51%}}
| align="right" | 251
:{{smaller|0.58%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Telenești District|Telenești]] || align="right" | 70,126|| align="right" | '''67,309'''
:'''{{smaller|95.98%}}'''
| align="right" | 879
:{{smaller|1.25%}}
| align="right" | 537
:{{smaller|0.77%}}
| align="right" | 16
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 16
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 1,262
:{{smaller|1.80%}}
| align="right" | 4
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 1
:{{smaller|<0.01%}}
| align="right" | 6
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 96
:{{smaller|0.14%}}
|-
| align="left" | [[Ungheni District|Ungheni]] || align="right" | 110,545|| align="right" | '''97,805'''
:'''{{smaller|88.48%}}'''
| align="right" | 7,743
:{{smaller|7%}}
| align="right" | 2,766
:{{smaller|2.50%}}
| align="right" | 90
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 93
:{{smaller|0.08%}}
| align="right" | 1,627
:{{smaller|1.47%}}
| align="right" | 16
:{{smaller|0.01%}}
| align="right" | 17
:{{smaller|0.02%}}
| align="right" | 68
:{{smaller|0.06%}}
| align="right" | 320
:{{smaller|0.29%}}
|-
|align="left"| '''Subtotal controlled by central government''' || '''3,383,332''' || '''2,564,850'''
:{{smaller|'''75.80%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''282,406'''
:{{smaller|'''8.35%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''201,218'''
:{{smaller|'''5.95%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''147,500'''
:{{smaller|'''4.36%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''65,662'''
:{{smaller|'''1.94%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''73,276'''
:{{smaller|'''2.16%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''3,608'''
:{{smaller|'''0.11%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''2,383'''
:{{smaller|'''0.07%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''12,271'''
:{{smaller|'''0.36%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''30,157'''
:{{smaller|'''0.89%'''}}
|}

'''<sup>1</sup>'''<small>There is an [[Controversy over linguistic and ethnic identity in Moldova|ongoing controversy]] over whether Moldovans are a subset of Romanians, or a distinct ethnic group. At the [[2004 Moldovan Census]], citizens could declare only one nationality. Consequently, one could not declare oneself both Moldovan and Romanian.</small>

===Transnistrian-controlled areas===
{{See also|Demographics of Transnistria|Demographic history of Transnistria}}

====2015 census====
According to [[2015 Transnistrian census|the last census in Transnistria]] (October 2015), the population of the region was 475,373, a 14.47% decrease from the figure recorded at [[2004 Transnistrian census|the 2004 census]].<ref name="2015CensusTransnistria">{{cite web|url=http://newspmr.com/novosti-pmr/obshhestvo/15927|script-title=ru:Перепись населения ПМР|trans-title=Population census of PMR|language=ru|website=newspmr.com|date=9 March 2017|access-date=31 October 2022|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129074008/http://newspmr.com/novosti-pmr/obshhestvo/15927|url-status=live}}</ref> By ethnic composition, the population of Transnistria was distributed as follows: 
* [[Russians]]: 29.1%
* [[Moldovans]]: 28.6%
* [[Ukrainians]]: 22.9%
* [[Bulgarians]]: 2.4%
* [[Gagauz people|Gagauz]]: 1.1%
* [[Belarusians]]: 0.5%
* Transnistrians: 0.2%
* Others: 1.4%
Around 14% did not declare any ethnicity. For the first time, the population had the option to identify as "Transnistrian".<ref name="2015CensusTransnistria"/>

In 2020, in Transnistria, 34.2% of the kindergarten students were ethnic Moldovans, while 28% were ethnic Ukrainians.<ref>Vitalie Calugareanu, "School choice divides families in Transnistria", in ''Deutsche Welle'', October 3, 2020, at https://www.dw.com/en/transnistria-school-choice-divides-families-holds-kids-hostage/a-55147840.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/transnistria-school-choice-divides-families-holds-kids-hostage/a-55147840 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616225709/https://www.dw.com/en/transnistria-school-choice-divides-families-holds-kids-hostage/a-55147840 | archive-date=16 June 2024 | title=School choice divides families in Transnistria – DW – 10/03/2020 | website=[[Deutsche Welle]] }}</ref>

====2004 census====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
!  !! <small>Population</small> !! <small>[[Moldovans|Mold.]]</small> !! <small>[[Russians]]</small> !! <small>[[Ukrainians]]</small> !! <small>[[Gagauzes]]</small> !! <small>[[Bulgarians|Bulg.]]</small> !! <small>[[Romani people|Gyps.]]</small> !! <small>Jews</small> !! <small>[[Polish people|Poles]]</small> !! <small>[[Belorussians|Belor.]]</small> !! <small>[[Germans|Germ.]]</small> !! <small>[[Armenians|Armen.]]</small> !! <small>others,<br />non-decl.</small>
|-
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Tiraspol]]</small> || 158,069 ||&nbsp;23,790
{{smaller|15.05%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;65,928
{{smaller|41.71%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;52,278
{{smaller|33.07%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;1,988
{{smaller|1.26%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;2,450
{{smaller|1.55%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;116
{{smaller|0.07%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;573
{{smaller|0.36%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;324
{{smaller|0.20%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;1,712
{{smaller|1.08%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;701
{{smaller|0.44%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;360
{{smaller|0.23%}}
|align ="right"|&nbsp;7,849
:{{smaller|4.97%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Camenca District]]</small> || 27,284 || 13,048
{{smaller|47.82%}}
|align ="right"|1,880
{{smaller|6.89%}}
|align ="right"|11,610
{{smaller|42.55%}}
|align ="right"|43
{{smaller|0.16%}}
|align ="right"|59
{{smaller|0.22%}}
|align ="right"|9
{{smaller|0.03%}}
|align ="right"|10
{{smaller|0.04%}}
|align ="right"|447
{{smaller|1.64%}}
|align ="right"|85
{{smaller|0.31%}}
|align ="right"|26
{{smaller|0.10%}}
|align ="right"|16
{{smaller|0.06%}}
|align ="right"|51
{{smaller|0.19%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Rîbnița District]]</small> || 82,699 || 24,729
{{smaller|29.90%}}
|align ="right"|14,237
{{smaller|17.22%}}
|align ="right"|37,554
{{smaller|45.41%}}
|align ="right"|149
{{smaller|0.18%}}
|align ="right"|309
{{smaller|0.37%}}
|align ="right"|51
{{smaller|0.06%}}
|align ="right"|177
{{smaller|0.21%}}
|align ="right"|528
{{smaller|0.64%}}
|align ="right"|412
{{smaller|0.50%}}
|align ="right"|150
{{smaller|0.18%}}
|align ="right"|81
{{smaller|0.10%}}
|align ="right"|4,322
{{smaller|5.23%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Dubăsari District, Transnistria|Dubăsari District]]</small> || 36,734 || 18,080
{{smaller|49.22%}}
|align ="right"|7,125
{{smaller|19.40%}}
|align ="right"|10,594
{{smaller|28.84%}}
|align ="right"|92
{{smaller|0.25%}}
|align ="right"|134
{{smaller|0.36%}}
|align ="right"|46
{{smaller|0.13%}}
|align ="right"|46
{{smaller|0.13%}}
|align ="right"|53
{{smaller|0.14%}}
|align ="right"|185
{{smaller|0.50%}}
|align ="right"|63
{{smaller|0.17%}}
|align ="right"|126
{{smaller|0.34%}}
|align ="right"|190
{{smaller|0.52%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Grigoriopol District]]</small> || 48,000 || 31,118
{{smaller|64.83%}}
|align ="right"|7,332
{{smaller|15.28%}}
|align ="right"|8,333
{{smaller|17.36%}}
|align ="right"|123
{{smaller|0.26%}}
|align ="right"|240
{{smaller|0.50%}}
|align ="right"|13
{{smaller|0.03%}}
|align ="right"|26
{{smaller|0.05%}}
|align ="right"|100
{{smaller|0.21%}}
|align ="right"|187
{{smaller|0.39%}}
|align ="right"|327
{{smaller|0.68%}}
|align ="right"|62
{{smaller|0.13%}}
|align ="right"|139
{{smaller|0.29%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Slobozia District]]</small> || 86,742 || 36,651
{{smaller|42.25%}}
|align ="right"|20,636
{{smaller|23.79%}}
|align ="right"|19,872
{{smaller|22.91%}}
|align ="right"|512
{{smaller|0.59%}}
|align ="right"|7,323
{{smaller|8.44%}}
|align ="right"|133
{{smaller|0.15%}}
|align ="right"|35
{{smaller|0.04%}}
|align ="right"|137
{{smaller|0.16%}}
|align ="right"|475
{{smaller|0.55%}}
|align ="right"|496
{{smaller|0.57%}}
|align ="right"|140
{{smaller|0.16}}
|align ="right"|332
{{smaller|0.38%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>'''Subtotal [[Transnistria]]'''</small> || '''439,528''' || '''147,416'''
{{smaller|'''33.54%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''117,138'''
{{smaller|'''26.65%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''140,241'''
{{smaller|'''31.91%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''2,907'''
{{smaller|'''0.66%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''10,515'''
{{smaller|'''2.39%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''368'''
{{smaller|&nbsp;'''0.08%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''867'''
{{smaller|&nbsp;'''0.20%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''1,589'''
{{smaller|&nbsp;'''0.36%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''3,056'''
{{smaller|'''0.70%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''1,763'''
{{smaller|&nbsp;'''0.40%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''785'''
{{smaller|&nbsp;'''0.18%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''12,883'''
{{smaller|'''2.93%'''}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Bender, Moldova|Bender]] {{smaller|(w/o Protegailovca)}}</small> || 97,027 || 24,374
{{smaller|25.12%}}
|align ="right"|41,949
{{smaller|43.23%}}
|align ="right"|17,348
{{smaller|17.88%}}
|align ="right"|1,066
{{smaller|1.10%}}
|align ="right"|3,001
{{smaller|3.09%}}
|align ="right"|132
{{smaller|0.14%}}
|align ="right"|383
{{smaller|0.39%}}
|align ="right"|190
{{smaller|0.21%}}
|align ="right"|713
{{smaller|0.73%}}
|align ="right"|258
{{smaller|0.27%}}
|align ="right"|173
{{smaller|0.18%}}
|align ="right"|7,440
{{smaller|7.67%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Proteagailovca]]</small> || 3,142 || 756–761
{{smaller|24.12%}}
|align ="right"|1,482
{{smaller|47.17%}}
|align ="right"|658
{{smaller|20.94%}}
|align ="right"|25
{{smaller|0.80%}}
|align ="right"|163
{{smaller|5.19%}}
|align ="right"|0–5
{{smaller|0.06%}}
|align ="right"|2
{{smaller|0.06%}}
|align ="right"|0–12
{{smaller|0.19%}}
|align ="right"|19
{{smaller|0.60%}}
|align ="right"|6
{{smaller|0.19%}}
|align ="right"|0–16
{{smaller|0.25%}}
|align ="right"|0–31
{{smaller|0.48%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Gîsca]]</small> || 4,841 || 819–824
{{smaller|16.98%}}
|align ="right"|2,956
{{smaller|61.06%}}
|align ="right"|719
{{smaller|14.85%}}
|align ="right"|91
{{smaller|1.88%}}
|align ="right"|168
{{smaller|3.47%}}
|align ="right"|0–5
{{smaller|0.04%}}
|align ="right"|7
{{smaller|0.14%}}
|align ="right"|0–12
{{smaller|0.12%}}
|align ="right"|8
{{smaller|0.17%}}
|align ="right"|22
{{smaller|0.45%}}
|align ="right"|0–16
{{smaller|0.17%}}
|align ="right"|13–44
{{smaller|0.60%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Chițcani]] {{smaller|(incl. Merenești and Zahorna)}}</small> || ~9,000 || ~3,100
{{smaller|~35%}}
|align ="right"|~4,800
{{smaller|~53%}}
|align ="right"|~900
{{smaller|~10%}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|~200
{{smaller|~2%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Cremenciug, Căușeni|Cremenciug]]</small> || 1,094 || 465
{{smaller|42.50%}}
|align ="right"|353
{{smaller|32.27%}}
|align ="right"|203
{{smaller|18.56%}}
|align ="right"|7
{{smaller|0.64%}}
|align ="right"|11
{{smaller|1.01%}}
|align ="right"|2
{{smaller|0.18%}}
|align ="right"|-
{{smaller|-}}
|align ="right"|-
{{smaller|-}}
|align ="right"|15
{{smaller|1.37%}}
|align ="right"|22
{{smaller|2.01%}}
|align ="right"|6
{{smaller|0.55%}}
|align ="right"|10
{{smaller|0.91%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>[[Roghi]]</small> || 715<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dubossary.ru/page.php?21| title = Webpage of Dubăsari District of Transnistria| access-date = 9 July 2009| archive-date = 19 June 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090619164209/http://www.dubossary.ru/page.php?21| url-status = dead}}</ref> || ~700
{{smaller|~95%}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|{{smaller|N/A}}
|align ="right"|~15
{{smaller|~5%}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>'''Subotal other localities'''</small> || '''115,819''' || '''30,219'''
{{smaller|'''26.09%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''51,540'''
{{smaller|'''44.50%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''19,828'''
{{smaller|'''17.12%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''1,189'''
{{smaller|'''1.03%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''3,343'''
{{smaller|'''2.89%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''139'''
{{smaller|'''0.12%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''392'''
{{smaller|'''0.34%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''202'''
{{smaller|'''0.17%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''755'''
{{smaller|'''0.65%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''308'''
{{smaller|'''0.27%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''195'''
{{smaller|'''0.17%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''7,709'''
{{smaller|'''6.66%'''}}
|-
|align="left"| <small>'''Total Tiraspol-controlled areas'''</small> || '''555,347''' || '''177,635'''
{{smaller|'''31.99%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''168,678'''
{{smaller|'''30.37%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''160,069'''
{{smaller|'''28.82%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''4,096'''
{{smaller|'''0.74%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''13,858'''
{{smaller|'''2.50%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''507'''
{{smaller|'''0.09%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''1,259'''
{{smaller|'''0.23%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''1,791'''
{{smaller|'''0.32%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''3,811'''
{{smaller|'''0.69%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''2,071'''
{{smaller|'''0.37%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''980'''
{{smaller|'''0.18%'''}}
|align ="right"|'''20,592'''
{{smaller|'''3.71%'''}}
</tr>
|}

{{smalldiv|''Notes:''
*The exact numbers in the above table are taken from the data published by the [[Transnistria]]n breakaway authorities after the [[2004 Census in Transnistria]], except the population of ''Roghi'', which was taken from website of the [[Dubăsari District, Transnistria|Dubăsari District]] of Transnistria.
*The number of inhabitants of [[Slobozia District]] + that of the commune [[Chițcani]] was given by Transnistrian authorities as 95,742. Other sources indicate ~9,000 for Chițcani. In this table it is assumed there are 9,000 inhabitants in Chițcani, and 86,742 in Slobozia District. Should the exact data of the census for Chițcani be available, the entries in the lines of Slobozia District and of Chițcani should be corrected accordingly.
*Transnistrian authorities have published the ethnic composition for the combined population of the [[Dubăsari District, Transnistria|Dubăsari District]] and the village of ''Roghi'' in [[Molovata Nouă]] commune. Other sources indicate that the latter is almost entirely Moldovan. In this table it is assumed that of the 715 inhabitants of this village, 700 are Moldovan and 15 are others. Should the exact ethnicity data of the census for ''Roghi'' be available, the entries for ethnicities in the lines of Dubăsari District and of ''Roghi'' should be corrected accordingly.
*Percentages are calculated from the absolute numbers
}}